Human Impacts
1.) Water management
How can water be managed for use by humans and ecosystems?
2.) Salinity, Erosion & Contamination
How does human use of land affect soil?
Distribution of water (global water budget)
Factors affecting distribution of water
water quality
water treatment
groundwater
What is salinity?
Causes
Rehabilitation of salinity affected soil
What is erosion?
Causes
What is contamination?
Sources
effects
3.) Effects of Introduced species
How do introduced species affect the Australian environment and ecosystems?
Examples of local introduced species
How human activity favours introduced species
How introduced species contribute to decline of native species
Biotic & Abiotic effects